Polly Parker - Co-Chair - Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative (LPVEC): Polly Parker, along with Greg McVerry (Southern Connecticut University) and five other content experts, created the curriculum of the 2011 Massachusetts New Literacies Institute. Polly also served as a co-chair for the teacher leaders for the 2010 Massachusetts New Literacies Institute. She presented at the Massachusetts DESE Curriculum Summit (2010) on Preparing Students for the 21st Century with New Literacies, MassCUE and METAA’s 6th Annual Technology Leadership Symposium – 2011 on the 2010 Massachusetts New Literacies Institute, and the MassCUE/MASS conference for the Massachusetts DESE in 2010 on Online Learning for At-Risk Students. Polly has a master’s degree in Educational Policy, and she is currently a doctoral candidate in the Research and Evaluation Methods Program (REMP), which is a division of the Educational Policy, Research and Administration (EPRA) department at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (UMASS). She is the Director of Curriculum and Professional Development at the LPVEC.
How the new Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks translate to the use of digital tools in the classroom.
This is the way of the Common Core.......
IS THERE A YOUNG CHIEF ALMIR SITTING IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
Polly Parker - Co-Chair - Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative (LPVEC): Polly Parker, along with Greg McVerry (Southern Connecticut University) and five other content experts, created the curriculum of the 2011 Massachusetts New Literacies Institute. Polly also served as a co-chair for the teacher leaders for the 2010 Massachusetts New Literacies Institute. She presented at the Massachusetts DESE Curriculum Summit (2010) on Preparing Students for the 21st Century with New Literacies, MassCUE and METAA’s 6th Annual Technology Leadership Symposium – 2011 on the 2010 Massachusetts New Literacies Institute, and the MassCUE/MASS conference for the Massachusetts DESE in 2010 on Online Learning for At-Risk Students. Polly has a master’s degree in Educational Policy, and she is currently a doctoral candidate in the Research and Evaluation Methods Program (REMP), which is a division of the Educational Policy, Research and Administration (EPRA) department at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (UMASS). She is the Director of Curriculum and Professional Development at the LPVEC.
How the new Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks translate to the use of digital tools in the classroom.
This is the way of the Common Core.......
IS THERE A YOUNG CHIEF ALMIR SITTING IN YOUR CLASSROOM?